PUBLICATIONS BY STAFF OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE (SANBI), 2015–2016, PER QUARTER SUMMARY Staff publications: 2015–2016 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Peer-reviewed papers: DHET-accredited journals 29 20 25 25 Peer-reviewed papers: other journals 1 1 5 1 Peer-reviewed books & book chapters 1 0 2 4 Semi-scientific, not peer-reviewed 28 28 37 32 (journals/internet) General/popular scientific 2 10 12 0 (internet/magazines/newspapers) Other books & reports 2 0 6 4 Other book chapters 0 0 0 0 Book reviews 0 0 0 0 Abstracts/papers in a published proceedings 0 1 0 0 Booklets and pamphlets 0 0 18 0 TOTALS: 63 60 105 66 Q1 = April to June 2015; Q2 = July to September 2015; Q3 = October to December 2015; Q4 = January to March 2016. 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 Q1 5 Q2 0 Q3 Q4 Figure 1.—Publications by SANBI staff (2015–2016), per quarter. Q1 = April to June 2015; Q2 = July to September 2015; Q3 = October to December 2015; Q4 = January to March 2016. Annual target of SANBI research papers published in scientific literature (interpreted as peer- reviewed books and journals): 90 Number of such papers/books/book chapters published: 114 (target exceeded) Number of papers in DHET-accredited journals: 99 Number of scientists on the career ladder: 42 Number of career ladder scientists contributing to the publications: 32 COMBINED LIST OF PUBLICATIONS, PER CATEGORY Peer-reviewed papers published in DHET-accredited journals [99] ARMSTRONG, A. & HAMER, M. 2015. English names of the millipedes (Diplopoda) of KwaZulu-Natal. African Invertebrates 56,1: 147–159. BAECKENS, S., EDWARDS, S., HUYGHE, K. & VAN DAMME, R. 2015. Chemical signalling in lizards: an interspecific comparison of femoral pore numbers in Lacertidae. Biological Journal of the Linnaean Society 114: 44–57. BENTLEY, J., KLAASSEN, E.S. & BERGH, N.G. 2015. Philyrophyllum (Asteraceae) transferred from Gnaphalieae to Athroismeae based on phylogenetic analysis of nuclear and plastid DNA sequence data. Taxon 64,5: 975–986. BERGH, N.G., HAIDEN, S.A. & VERBOOM, G.A. 2015. Molecular phylogeny of the ‘Cape snow’ genus, Syncarpha (Asteraceae, Gnaphalieae) reveals a need for generic re-delimitation. South African Journal of Botany 100: 219–227. BESTER, S.P. & BURROWS, S.M. 2015. Vaccinium exul. Flowering Plants of Africa 64: 90–99. BESTER, S.P. & CONDY, G.S. 2015. Ceropegia terebriformis Bester sp. nov. Flowering Plants of Africa 64: 108–116. BESTER, S.P., GLEN, M.F. & NICHOLAS, A. 2016. The identity of Schizoglossum theileri (Apocynaceae, Asclepiadoideae). Phytotaxa 243, 1: 71–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.243.1.3. BITTENCOURT-SILVA, G.B., CONRADIE, W., SIU-TING, K., TOLLEY, K.A., CHANNING, A., CUNNINGHAM, M., FAROOQ, H.M., MENEGON, M. & LOADER, S.P. 2016. The phylogenetic position and diversity of the enigmatic mongrel frog Nothophryne Poynton, 1963 (Amphibia: Anura). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 99: 89–102. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2016.03.021. BLAMEY, L.K., SHANNON, L.J., BOLTON, J.J., CRAWFORD, R.J.M., DUFOIS, F., GRIFFITHS, C.L., HUTCHINGS, L., JARRE, A., ROUAULT, M., WATERMEYER, K.E. & WINKER, H. 2015. Ecosystem change in the southern Benguela and the underlying processes. Journal of Marine Systems 144: 9–29, doi: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2014.11.006. BRADSHAW, P.L., COLVILLE, J.F. & LINDER, H.P. 2015. Optimising regionalisation techniques: identifying Centres of Endemism in the extraordinarily endemic-rich Cape Floristic Region. PLoS ONE 10(7): e0132538. Doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0132538. BRUMMITT, N.A., BACHMAN, S.P., GRIFFITHS-LEE, J., LUTZ, M., MOAT, J.F., FARJON, A., DONALDSON, J.S. et al. 2015. Green plants in the red: a baseline global assessment for the IUCN sampled Red List Index for Plants. PLoS One 10: e0135152. CHEEK, M.D. & CROUCH, N.R. 2015. Assessment of the invasive status of newly recorded cactus species in the central Tugela River basin. Bothalia: African Biodiversity & Conservation 45; 8 pp. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/abc.v4145i4101.1953. COMBRINCK, S., LINDE, J., LUDWICZUK, A., VAN VUUREN, S., VAN ROOY, J. & MOGALAKA, N. 2016. Volatile constituents and antimicrobial activities of nine South African liverwort species. Phytochemistry Letters 16: 61–69. Doi: 10.1016/j.phytol.2013.03.003. CONRADIE, W., BITTENCOURT-SILVA, G.B., LOADER, S.P., MENEGON, M., NANVONAMUQUITXO, C., KOTZÉ, A., DALTON, D.L., ENGELBRECHT, H.M. & TOLLEY, K.A. 2016. Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis. Survey of amphibians in the northern Mozambique ‘Sky Islands’ and low-lying areas. Herpetological Review 47,1: 42–46. CRESSEY, E.R., MEASEY, G.J. & TOLLEY, K.A. 2015. Fading out of view: the enigmatic decline of the endemic Cape Peninsula dwarf toad Capensibufo rosei. Oryx 48,3: 521–528; doi:10.1017/S0030605313001051. CROUCH, N.R., SMITH, G.F., FIGUEIREDO, E. & CONDY, G. 2015. Sclerochiton odoratissimus. Acanthaceae. Flowering Plants of Africa 64: 128–134. CROUCH, N.R., SMITH, G.F., KLOPPER, R.R., FIGUIREDO, E., MCMURTRY, D. & BURNS, S. 2015. Winter-flowering maculate aloes from subtropical southeastern Africa: notes on Aloe monteiroae Bak. (Asphodelaceae: Alooideae), the earliest name for Aloe parvibracteata (Schönlan. Bradleya 33:147–155. CROWTHER, H.B., GLICK, H.B., COVEY, K.R., BETTIGOLE, C., MAYNARD, D.S., THOMAS, S.M., SMITH, J.R., HINTLER, G., DUGUID, M.C., AMATULLI, G., TUANMU, M.-N., JETZ, W., SALAS, C., STAM, C., PIOTTO, D., TAVANI, R., GREEN, S., BRUCE, G., WILLIAMS, S.J., WISER, S.K., HUBER, M.O., HENGEVELD, G.M., NABUURS, G.-J., TIKHONOVA, E., BORCHARDT, P., LI, C.- F., POWRIE, L.W. et al. 2015. Mapping tree density at a global scale. Nature 525: 201–205. Doi: 10.1038/nature14967. CUNNINGHAM, S., MADDEN, C., BARNARD, P. & AMAR, A. 2015. Electric crows: powerlines, climate change and the emergence of a native invader. Diversity and Distributions Doi: 10.1111/ddi.12381. DZEREFOS, C.M., ERASMUS, B.F.N., WITKOWSKI, E.T.F. & GUO, D. 2015. Modelling the current and future dry-season distribution of the edible stinkbug, Encosternum delegorguei in sub-Saharan Africa. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 156,1: 1–13. Doi: 10.1111/eea.12309. EHLERS SMITH, Y.C., EHLERS SMITH, D.A., SEYMOUR,C.L., THÉBAULT, E. & VAN VEEN, F.J.F. 2015. Response of avian diversity to habitat modification can be predicted from life-history traits and ecological attributes. Landscape Ecology 30: 1225–1239. ELLENDER, B.R., WEYL, O.L.F. & WINKER, H. 2016. Success of a large riverine cyprinid smallmouth yellow fish, Labeobarbus aeneus, in a southern African impoundment. Fisheries Management & Ecology 23: 44–54. ESSL, F., BACHER, S., BLACKBURN, T.M., BOOY, O., BRUNDU, S., CARDOSA, A.-C., ESCHEN, R., GALLARDO, B., GALIL, B., GARCÍA-BERTHOU, E., GENOVESI, P., GROOM, Q., HARROWER, C., HULME, P.E., KATSANEVAKIS, S., KENIS, M., KÜHN, I., KUMSCHICK, S., MARTINOU, A.F., NENTWIG, W., O’FLYNN, C., PAGAD, S., PERGL, J., PYŠEK, P., RABITSCH, D.M., ROQUES, A., ROY, H.E., SCALERA, R., SCHINDLER, S., SEEBENS, H., VANDERHOEVEN, S., VILÀ, M., WILSON, J.R.U., ZENETOS, A. & JESCHKE, J.M. 2015. Crossing frontiers in tackling pathways of biological invasions. Bioscience 65: 769–782. ESSL, F., DULLINGER, S., RABITSCH, W., HULME, P.E., PYŠEK, P., WILSON, J.R.U. & RICHARDSON, D.M. 2015. Delayed biodiversity change: no time to waste. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 30,7: 375–378. ESSL, F., DULLINGER, S., RABITSCH, W., HULME, P.E., PYŠEK, P., WILSON, J.R.U. & RICHARDSON, D.M. 2015. Historical legacies accumulate to shape future biodiversity in an era of rapid global change. Diversity & Distributions 21,5: 534–547. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ddi.12312. FAULKNER, K.T., ROBERTSON, M.P., ROUGET, M. & WILSON, J.R.U. 2016. Understanding and managing the introduction pathways of alien taxa: South Africa as a case study. Biological Invasions 18,1: 73–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-015-0990-4. FAULKNER, K.T., SPEAR, D., ROBERTSON, M.P., ROUGET, M. & WILSON, J.R.U. 2015. An assessment of the information content of South African alien species databases. Bothalia 45,1: Art. #1103, 11 pp. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/abv.v45i1.1103. FROESE, R., WALTERS, C., PAULY, D., WINKER, H., WEYL, O.L.F., DEMIREL, N., TSIKLIRAS, A.C. & HOLT, S.J. 2015. A critique of the balanced harvesting approach to fishing. ICES Journal of Marine Science: Doi: 10.1093/icesjms/fsv122. FROESE, R., WALTERS, C., PAULY, D., WINKER, H., WEYL, O.L.F., DEMIREL, N., TSIKLIRAS, A.C. & HOLT, S.J. 2016. Reply to Andersen et al. (2016). “Assumptions behind size-based ecosystem models are realistic.” ICES Journal of Marine Science doi: 10.1093/icesjms/fsv273. GOLDBLATT, P. & MANNING, J.C. 2015. Review of the southern African Moraea ciliata complex (Iridaceae: Iridoideae) including the three new taxa M. flava and M. ciliata subsp. cuprina and subsp. lutescens. South African Journal of Botany 99: 107–114. GOLDBLATT, P. & MANNING, J.C. 2015. Two new subspecies of Dietes (Iridaceae: Iridoideae), D. iridoides subsp. Angolensis from Angola and D. bicolor subsp. Armeniaca from eastern South Africa, with notes and range extensions for D. butcheriana and D. iridoides. Bothalia 45,1: 6 pp., doi: 10.4102/abc.v45i1.883. GOLDBLATT, P., MANNING, J.C. & HELME, N.A. 2015. New species and taxonomic notes in Ixia (Iridaceae: Crocoideae) from western South Africa. South African Journal of Botany 98: 108–113. GOLDBLATT, P., MANNING, J.C. & LE ROUX, A. 2015. New taxa in Moraea subgenera Moraea and Vieusseuxia (Iridaceae: Irideae) from the Western Cape, South Africa. South African Journal of Botany 99: 69–74. GOLDBLATT, P., MANNING, J.C. & VAN WYK, P.C.V. 2016. New species, combinations and range extensions in Hesperantha Ker Gawl.